Featured NYC ESB I presume.

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  1. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    Long story short,

    Just cleared a home of an old lady, her husband died 10 years ago aged 86, he was a Canadian serviceman in 1943 and obviously emigrated to the UK after WWII.

    I found a photograph album which the family discarded.

    Many many photos of his service in Canada featuring Vancouver, Alberta, Saskatchewan,and fraternizing with the enemy (females) in Germany after 1945.

    All the photos have annotations next to them in the album apart from these four.

    I will post the others which are very interesting in the next few days.

    These measure 6" x "8

    As per title NYC ?

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  2. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    Yes that is the Empire State Building in the last 3 pics. Can't say for sure whether the first is also NYC, could be, but not for sure. Maybe someone else will know.
     
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  3. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    Oh and this one, don't know where this is, possibly Canada.
    The guy was in the Royal Canadian Air Force ww2.


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  4. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

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  5. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    My Dad gets to see these on Sunday, he spent time in NYC and Halifax NS during WWII
    I'm sure he will find them fascinating and probably bring back memories. even though it was only around 900 months ago.:eek:
     
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  6. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    the Canadian War Museum might like to get their hands on this..............:)
     
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  7. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

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    the Marine Building..........vancouver !
     
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  8. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    or Komo !! :happy::happy::happy:

    from 89 to 99.....my home away from home.,
     
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  9. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Actually, the center photograph is of the Chrysler Building but NYC nevertheless.

    Debora

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  10. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    I did not realize that! Good to know.
     
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  11. cxgirl

    cxgirl Well-Known Member

    yup, komokwa is right, The Marine Building, at 98m and 21 floors, it was the tallest building in the British Empire from 1930 to 1939.
     
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  12. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    Think....Stanley Park...............then think Komokwa !! :):):):)


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  13. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    And that's 30 Rockefeller Plaza in the first post card with the Hudson River behind.

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  14. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

    Isn't the building in the 3rd pic the Chrysler Building?

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  15. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    The last one, of course, is the New York City piers as seen from New Jersey.

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  16. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    Yes - Debora already pointed that out. I missed the details from the angle of the picture.
     
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  17. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    LOL
    It seems this guy had a lot more fun during WWII than my Dad did.

    However my Dad did enjoy his time fighting and did not suffer any ill effects.

    Canadian Man WWII.
    Hey, I'm not knocking him, the guy had a camera and was making the best out of a bad job.

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  18. cxgirl

    cxgirl Well-Known Member

    great photos Dave:) looks like they were having fun 'cutting a rug'
     
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  19. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

    Med Hat will be Medicine Hat, Alberta.
     
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  20. daveydempsey

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    Cutting a Rug ,

    To dance, especially in a vigorous manner and in one of the dance styles of the first half of the twentieth century.

    Some of these pictured could be parents or grandparents to some members or visitors on our site :eek:

    Thankfully members of my family don't have big sticky out lugs and don't parade about with their hands in their pockets.:D
     
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